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Oh, Deer: Conserving Georgia's Jewel

I lived in Brunswick, Georgia for three years before moving up to the University of Georgia for grad school. Every chance I got, I would make the short drive to Jekyll Island to hike around the park's maritime forests and spend time on the beach. Fittingly called Georgia's Jewel, it truly is an amazing spot.

athenssciencecafe October 3, 2018

An Update on the Whales

Anyone lighting a lamp in 19th century America almost certainly used whale oil. Several products, from bows to baskets to corsets, were made of baleen, which are essentially plates in a whale's mouth used for filter feeding. As a result, more whales were killed during this century than the four centuries before it combined.

athenssciencecafe July 13, 2017

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